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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15
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Reported 6v @. s. Palmer, Wholesale Commission
Merchant, 1865 Redde ST., NJ Y.
The week opens with decidedly cooler
weather and especially appreciated by all
dealers in perishable produce as the ex-
trcmely hot, muggy weather of last week
proved most disastrous to both wholesale
and retail dealers, Receipts of fruit gener-
ally light to-day, and choice found quite
ready sale, except huckleberries which are
in large supply and, N. Y. and Pa. sell
ing to lOc. Jersey 6 to s. Boxes 75 to
81. Currants continue in small supply
and selling 10 to l2c qt,, to Sc h. small
to &c ID. Raspherries, large red Ant
werp and Marlboro's 3 to cts. Small ma
tivcs unsuitable black raspberries Z to 10c
qt', Peas, sugar So to S4 per bbl N. j.
and L. |. 10, with Dbl So Cabbage 4 to s.
Corn 20 to 81 per 100. Tomatoes, N. j.,
u to l. 90 per crate. Beans so to 75c bag.
Poultry, spring chickens, alive, large 10 to
zoe, small 16, dressed "a to CSC. Fowls
l2c Ducks II to 1Sc. Fresh eggs 10 to
l6c Fancy leghorn 1S to 20c Receipts of
butter large to day. Fancy creamery tubs
and pals 10 to 20c. Select dairy II to 10,
fair 10 to 10. Cheese, fancy 9c, prime to
81. Beans, marrow 30 to 05, medium
70 to 80, white kidney 80, red kid
ney 70 to rs. But little doing in dried
fruits, owing to the light crop of cherries.
| New baokberrles Sc. Huckleberries &c.
Wool, xxx 80; Xxx 80 to 3S, 32 to "a fine
washed, 36 to 80 extra pulled 81 to 80. Hay
W to 80 Rye straw so to IS.
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An Under Ground Ere,

PoTTsvILLE, Pa, July l1.-Otto, one
of the best collieries of the Philo<lel,
phia and Reading company, located at
Branchdale, seven miles west of Potts
vile, is on fire and is probably doomed
to destruction, entailing a loss to the
company approxlmating 100000.
The fire was discovered about 9 o'clock
Monday night by pump boy named
Ferguson, who was at the time alone
in the mines. He had come out of the
Holmes vein slope for bottle of water
and returning found the timberirg
afre 1t had, it is believed, ignited
from the steam pipes which worked
the inside pumps. Young Ferguson
pulled the bell rope at once and was
hoisted out of danger.
The colliery whistle sounded an
alarm through the patch and across
the hills to the miners. In an hour
hundreds of people were at the scene.
An effort was first made to smother the
fire with steam, but before morning
the flames were leaping thirty feet
above the mouth of the slope. The
neighbonng stream was damned and a
fire steamer brought from Minersville.
Twelve hundred feet of hose we're re.
| quired to reach the mouth of the slope.
Another stream was diverted and coal
dirt was washed into the airway to cut
off the fire from the Primrose and
Mammoth veins. If this has not sue
ceeded, the colliery is doomed. What
success the scheme has produced may
not be known for weeks.
Smoke still issues from the pit, in.
dicatlng the continued presence of fire.
The breaker was endangered and
sparks from the steamer set the pow
der house afire. The most intense ex.
citement prevailed all day. All the
mine superintendents of the district
were called in consultation. Sixteen
mules were suffocated.
The mine shipped 100 cars a day.
1t employed 800 men and boys. They
will be idle six months at least.
louisville, Pa, July l2.-The fire
in the Otto collery is still raging, al
though water and culmin 10 great vol
ume are constantly being poured iutc
the mine, The ground about the mouth
OF the slope is caying in and serious
apprehenslons ale ent, r,ained of the
sinking OF the engine house. Young
Eddy Ferguson, son of the outside
boss, the lad who frat discovered the
fire, met an awful death at the scene
this afternoon. The lad brought his
fathers dinner to him, aud in crossing
the iloor of the engine room the char,
red boards gave way, and the boy wos
prrclpitated into tie burning mine.
The recovery of his BODY was impossi,
b!e' as even mad il been possible that
II escaped annihilation, the outburst of
Ham m's cau'ed by the collapse of the
engine house floor rendered approach
TO the opening out of the question.
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SATISFACTION OF A MORTGAGE.

COMMON PLEA No. SEPT. TERM 1Ss7.
In the matter OF the petition OF VIM Chrisman,
Tor satisfaction OF mortgage given by John Nc
Murtre to Philip Poke.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, ss:-
10 Philip Poke and his heirs, or legal representa-
yves, ana al persons claiming to be the owner
or owners OF said mortgage:
whereas, IL appears by the records, In the office
OF the Recorder OF Deeds, &C., at Bloomsbury that
certain mortgage dated the 10th day OF March,
ls26, given by John McMurtrie 10 Philip Poke, To
secure tne payment OF certain money viz: Sl5O
WIN interest, &C, recorded In Mortgage Book No.
l. page 43I and i3S, remains unsatisiied
ana whereas,it Is alleged that all the money due
On m shlu mortgage was paid and legal presump.
Iloh now exists OF the payment OF said mortgage
from lapse or time. And whereas, Vim. Chrlsinan,
present owner OF the mOrtgaged premises has ap.
plieu 10 the Court or Common Pleas OF said COUNTY
WleIe SAID premises are situated, praying said
court 10 decree and direct that satisfaction be en-
tered upon the record OF said mortgage on pay
iheht OF the costs due on the same and the salts
iactlon so entered shall forever discharge and re.
tease Ine lien or said mortgage from the said prem
ses therefore all persons Interested as owners or
aoIuers OF said mortgage are required, by an Or
uer oI SAID court, 10 appear at the next term OF
sald court 10 be hold at bloomsbury on the dth
may OF september, A. ID. 1887, TO answer the
peliIloh as aforesaid, and TO show cause II any
1neIe De, why said mortgage shall not be satisfied
rs prayed for In said petition.
Juhe@i SAMUEL SMITH, Sheriff.
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Farmers are busy gathering in their
crops.
The Buckeye binders work like charm.
VIM. Shellhammer is doing some good
work with one.
Freight trains now run on the Nescopeck
II. X.
Reece Huchins has gone to Philadelphia
where he has accepted position with ].
ID. Rouch formerly Of this place.
The corner stone laying for the New
Lutheran church will take plac.-- on the
31st inst, Revs. Writ of t,ughesville and
Wagner of Hazleton will be among those
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Platt of Hazleton were the
guests Of Stephen Turnbach on Sunday.
The Evangelical charch held festival on
Sa turday evening which was success.
Shellhammer Bros. are arranging a fine
picnic ground near Sugarloaf station. A
good well has been dug on the groun ds
with other Improvements will make 1t sec.
ond to none IN the community.
Mountain Grove will soon be the centre
of attr action
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Pennsylvania Wealth of Fuel,

The vast dimensions to which the
coal production of this country has
grown is shown by statistics given by
United States geological survey. Ia
1886 the number Of tons of all kinds
of coal produced and consumed was
l07, ,6S2, ,209, valued at Sl47,ll2,755 at
the mines. OF this aggregate amount
36,696,475 tons, or nearly one-thlrd,
was anthracite, produced exclusively in
Pennsylvania, aud valued at S7l,55S,-
1926; nearly ne-half of the value of the
entire coal production. The amount of
bituminous, camel and Ignite Goals
was 70,9s5,734 tons, of the value OF
S75,556,629.
These figures tell the story of the
wonderful grow1h of an industry and
interest the infancy of which scarcely
dates back to the first quarter of the
present century. The larger part OF
this development was made within the
past thirty years.
1t is gratifying to see that Pennsyl,
yania maintains the leading position in
this exhibit of mineral wealth, which
is attributed to her supply of anthra,
cite, although in bituminous product
ion she is not surpassed by any other
State. The latter has not been devel-
oped to the extent of her hard coal
production, but its development is pro,
crossing at an astonishing rate, and
when it reaches its fullest stage, in the
same ratio with the anthracite, The
value of the output of Pennsylvania,
mineral fuel will be incalculable. Thi,
source of wealth will be supplemented
by the product of the gas wells which
may or may not be inexhau,lble, but in
any event will be of great advantage
to the State.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

The Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, sitting in General Term
has sustained the demurrer of the Gov
ernment and awarded judgment of
custer in the case of the United States
against John N. Oliver, Justice of
the Peace, who resisted the right of
the President to remove him, and claim
ed that he could be displaced from his
Office only by the District Supreme
Court. The Court, in an opinion de-
livered by Chief Justice Bingham,
holds that the power to remove Justice
of the Peace resided in the President
alone down to the organic of the Court
passed in March, 1868, and that this
act did not take away the Presidents
power of removal, but merely conferred
on the Court concurrent power of re-
moval with the President.
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Free Luxuries, Dear Necessities.

1t seems very odd to see certain 80
called Democratic journals advocating
repeal of the internal revenue taxes,
and arguing that the war tariff mus,
remain untouched, as though it were
the fetch of barbarous tribe.
All the internal revenue taxes have
been abolished. save those upon liz
uors and tobacco. From producing q
revenue of $500, 100000 a year, as i,
did at the end of the war, the internal
system has been steadily Topped off,
until it now yields but little over $780,.
100000. The tariff, on the contrary,
is nearly up to the maximum rate OF
the war taxation. 1t took from the
people last year $4,000, 900 more than
it did in 1866.
The internal taxes on tobacco may
properly be abolished, inasmuch as the
Government does not need the reven-
ne, and the domestic product is chiefly
consumed by the poor. But to repeal
the tax on whiskey and leave it un.
diminished upon clothing, sugar, salt
lumber, glass, iron and coal, would be
strange fnancieriug and still more
strange politics. Untaxed luxuries and
wartaxed necessities would not make
a good Democratic shibboeth.- World
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Sthupler's 9ardware.
Wire NETTING

We carry in stock galvanized
wire netting 2 inch mesh from
one foot in width to six feet wide;
the low price of one cent a square
foot has brought it into various
uses, it makes very cheap fence
and is used largely in poultry
yards, and around private resi-
dences, the narrow widths are
used for training vines up porch
es, etc. By bending it around
trees the wider sizes make excel
lent tree boxes at a very little
cost and trouble, and prevent
their injury by horses and cattle.
We also keep the fine Netting
for windows and doors you can
get it all widths here from 20
inches to 36 inches and save
waste in cutting.
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A Pungent Rebuke 10 Brawlers.
A REPUBLICAN MISSOURI GOVERNOR AND
GRAND ARMY MAN SPEAKS.

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have been a citizen OF Missouri all
my life, and of st. Louis for 10, these
many years. Whstev er has been done
before Dy the citizens committee, which
extended an invitation to the President,
! heartily indorse to day, and i reiter.
ate the invitation extended to be pres
ent at the meeting OF the Grand Army
of the Republic here. / am an old
Grand Army man, an old Abolitionist,
and / am an old black Republican to-
day, as you know. | abate not one
jot or title of my political antecedents
or preferences, but | say as a citizen
of st Louis that TO man desires the
President to visit ST. Louis more than
l do, and l say to you as one of the
earliest members of the Grand Army,
and speaking for the men with whom
| marched and fought, that the Grand
Army men of st. Louis unite heartily
in the invitation to the President OF
the United States, as President Of the
United States. Applause.
And | speak for the Grand Army
men of the city Of st. Louis because l
know them all as a Past Commander
of rost, and ] know that If the Pre-.
sldent of the United States, should
come here as the guest of st. Louis
they would show him all the respect
any citizen OF st. Louis could possibly
show him. believe l could speak for
the whole of the Grand Army, but you
know that there are 100000 men in
the organization, and in 100000 men
there are liable to be considerable
number who haven't any sense. / want
to say here that the Grand Army is not
to be held responsible for the utter.
ances OF few fools among them. l
come to-day as citizen of st. Louis
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

The State Board of Charities, in
their annual report, condemn very
strongly the practice of imprisoning in
county jails persons whose attendance
is desired as witnesses in criminal
prosecutions. They make the very
sensible recommendation that such wit
ness be provided with comfortable
quarters and be properly compensated
for their loss of time. So reasonable a
suggestion ought to be acted upon by
the Legislature at its next session. A
number of the senseless old customs Of
this kind that have come down to us
from remote generations ought to be
abolished because they are entirely un
justifable.-Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

A petition, signed by nearly 10000
citizehs of Chester and Delaware coun-
ties, will be presented to the Board of
Pardon Tuesday next, asking that the
death penalty of Samuel johnson, (col-
ored,) who was convicted uf the muir
der of John Sharpless, be changed to
life Imprisonment. 1t is also stated
that Elk Congressman Broomall has
also written letter asking for commu-
tation in the name of Mrs. Sharpless,
the wife of the murdered man.
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Return of a Battle Flag.
TIE LOST CoLoRs OF THE FIFTY. sIxTH
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.


On August 20, 1862, portion of
the color company of the Fifty sixth
Pennsylvania Volunteers was captured
with the colors. The prisoners, who
were paroled a short time after the
fight, told Colonel Holman, commander
OF the regiment, that they had cut the
flag into pieces to prevent it from fall
ing into the hands of rebels. The col
onel was not disposed to believe the
story, but while at Richmond last week
Adjutant General Hastings received a
letter from Captain Norman Lewis,
Company G, Ninety Illinois In
fantry, now living at Thomson, Ill ,
informing him that he had in his pos
session the flag of the Fifty-sixth Penn
sylvania Volunteers, which had been
captured by the rebels at the Second
Bull Run, and recaptured by him at
the time of the surrender of Raleigh,
N. g. Captain Lewis stated that he
had found the flag in the capitol at
Raleigh and taken possession of it,
and he now desired TO return il to the
State of Pennsylvania. This generous
offer was appreciated and he was d.
rected TO forward it.
Friday last the flag arrived at the
Adjutant Generals Department. 1t is
almos. intact, save that time has cut
the silk in several places aud there is a
hole 10 it made by the branch of a tree
while being taken through the woods
and the fringe was full of pine needles
that stuck as the flag was dragged un-
d,i the trees.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

A rich find of gold is reported at
Ishpeming, Mich. The assays show
that the rock is richer in gold than
anything ever yet found. The Lake
Superior Iron Company has put a
fence around the property. Everybody
talks gold, aud excitement is tremend-
Gus. The shaft in which gold was dis
covered is down twenty-five feet.
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Railroad Men Must Not Drink.

Superintendent Lawler, of the Reading
railroad has issued notice to all employees
of the Schuylsill division that they mus
abstain from intoxicants, whether on dut,
or not. Any man reported to him as hav
ing been seen taking drink of liquor OF
beer will be summarily dismissed from the
service of the company. He says 10 bis
orders that There is no business thai
needs levelheaded men more than railroad
ing, both for the safety of employees and
the travelling public"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

Ex- Ex-Congressman Gibson, of West
Virginia, says that Northern people
who refused TO march down a street
because banner bearing the Presidents
name was suspended over it should not
harshly criticise the Southern military
companies who refused to march with
negroes. He considers the objection
in each case wholly unreasonable.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

Defaulter Harvey, of the Treasury
Department, is said to write his name
backward in signing checks. Perhaps
this makes him a little backward in
honest dealing. He is Mugwump,
tOO
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

.. Barclay Peak, the murderer of Katie
Anderson has been sentenced by Judge
Parker to be hanged on the first day
Of September.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

A hot wave is said to Re coming
this way. We have no use for any
thing any hotter than the present
weather.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-15

A whale, measuring about thirty
feet, was captured in the bay off Bed
loe's Island, New York, on FRIDAY OF
last week.
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CANDIDATES CARDS.

The names announced under this heading are
subject TO the decision OF the Democratic county
Convention, to be held In Bloomsbury on Tuesday,
July 26, 1887. The Delegate Election will be held
on Saturday, July 20, between the hours o: and
D. m.
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President Cleveland and his wife are
visiting his old home at Holland Pat
cnt
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
IN the Court OF Common Pleas for the county of

Ia the Court OF Common Pleas for the county OF
Columbia: " Vs.
,,..,- No. Sept. T., 1887
Nollce Is hereby given that an application VIII
M pe hiaue 10 lhe SAID Court, or law Judge thereof
on monday the 1rnt day OF August, 1887, at
O'CLOCK O'CLOCK a. M, under the Act OF Assembly or the
EIootmn0nwealth OF Pennsylvania, entitled, "An
M MnoI 70 rioylde for the incorporates N and Regula-
70 :, ana the supplements thereto by Rev. Joshua
~ IL pepIi Reuben Ahuman, Emanuel Ilelwig, BeuJa-
mn mn barhut charles Clewell, Peter Shook, A. J..
noisshoe, calvin Barndt and lohn f. Hedden, all
ttesndells OF Catawissa for the charter OF an In
pRnueu corporation TO called "The Saint Johns
1ala 1aa opJect OF which Is 1.-The worship OF Almighty
Hoql according 10 the constitution, canons, dis.
tpllhe, doilrlLe, nam, gONel lnment and forms OF
tne reformed Church IN the United states OF
AlheIlea and for these purposes To have, possess
cnl snloy an the rights benefits and privileges
coniSlrvu Dy said Act and It's supplements
July 10 ls57.3 sc. NJ q, FUNK, Solicitor.
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Gov Beaver and family are spending
the Summer at their home in Belle
fonte.
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Orphans Court Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real EStatc!
FRIDAY, JULY Is. 1887.

PURSUANT TO an order OF the Orphans Court OF
Columbia county, Penn'a. there viii be exposed TO
puDlic sale on the premises In the town OF blooms
burg, In said county, on
FRIDAY, JULY Is, 1887,
ate O'Clock n,the afternoon the following
reai reg estate, late or Henry Hoffman, deceased TO
VIZ lot OF ground Situated in the aforesaid town
OF Bloomsbury, fronting on Firth street In said
Town ntty feet, and extending In depth one hun
ured and ilfty eight feet, adjoining lands OF d. ].
story
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE
and all other necessary outbuildings well OF
Roou water, and variety OF choice fruit trees,
lhls property is situated In the most desirable
part OF me town OF bloomsbury, and Is an excel
poses. -
sH Conditions made known on day OF sale
THOMAS j. HOFFMAN,
y, 4 Geyer, Atty Administrator.
June "a l6SI-4t,
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MAKkEr REroRTs.
BLOOMSBURG MARKET.
Wholesale. Retail

Coal ON WHARF.
No $500; Nos . 3, & Lump 1895
No. $500 Bituminus 1925
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ALSO,

A right OF way from said house along the right
bank of Roaringcreek through division No. 2 to a
public road sold TO Jacob Schuyler by John W.
Hoffman, High Sheriff of Columbia county, deed
dated March l, $40 and conveyed by said Schuyler
TO j. b. Robson.
Seized taken In execution, at the suit OF Thos.
Trench VS.. James Boyd Robson and to be sold as
the property Of James Boyd Robson.
SAMUEL SMITH.
ZARR, Atty. sheriff,
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BRICK DWELLING HOUSE !
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.

IN ne estate or Noah AI1idt, late or MOnt0ur
TbDHShiD decd.
LelteIs testamentary on the said estate
having been granted TO the undersigned admr.,
all persons indebted to said estate are hereby no
Tined 10 pay the same, and those having claims
against said estate present the same 10
r JACOB L. KRUM, Administrator,
LITTIEs, Attys. [jl7l Catawlssa, ia.
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Among the Pianos handle are the TIERS & POND
String and Oeyu Pa1os These Pianos all rst-class
and fully warranted for five years
Our leading Organs are the celebrated ESTE y MILL.
Err, UNITED STATES and other makes
Our leading Sewing Machines the celebrated WHITE
NEW DA TIS, NEW DOMESTIC NE w II ONE,
HOUSEHOLD, RO Y.AL ST. JOHN and ST.AND-
.ARD ROTAR Y Se1Oi71S Machi1e, the finest and best
Rotary Sewing Machine in the world
Before purchasing write for Catalogues to j. SALTZERS
PALACE OF MUSIC AND GREAT SEWING MACHINE
DEPOT, Main St., Bloomsbury, Pa.
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NOTICE.

|NoTIoE'
notlce Is hereby given that applications will be
Ieselyed by the Bloomshurg School District for
ITlhcpal or the Public schools up TO July 22 Ap-
pncants must present testimonials with satisfac-
s9fy evidence OF qualification for the position and
| state amount OF salary desired.
~ j, j. LAWALL, sec'y.
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SHERIFF'S SALES.

By virtue of a writ of Fl. Fa-, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas OF columbia county, Pa,
and to me directed viii be exposed to public sale,
at the Court House, In Bloomsbury, on
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE.

mn, ESTATE OF JOSHUA D, wILLET, DECEASED.
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
court, TO make distribution or the balance in
nnhds OF Sarah A. Willet, ExecCtrix OF the last
Wlll ana testament OF Joshua ID. Willet, late OF
the town OF Bloomsburg, deceased among the
parties entitled thereto VIII meet all parties In
seiosted l0r the purpose OF his appointment, on
oaIuTuaS, July 10, 1887, at 10 clock a. mr. at his
o.Lllce, IN town OF Bloomsburg, when and where
lhey may attend, II they see proper.
uuhs4) @. w. MILLER, Auditor
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your citizens.
Hoping the encampment may be an
occasion of much usefulness, and that
It's proceedings may illustrate the high
est patriotism of American citizenship,
| am yours very sincerely.
GROVER CLEVELAND.